AOTW - Florida National Parks and Weather Intro

This park is known as the "Southern Jewel" of the US National Park System

• Biscayne Bay National Park

• Dry Tortugas National Park

• Everglades National Park

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This is the only US National Park that is 95% water

• Biscayne Bay National Park

• Dry Tortugas National Park

• Everglades National Park

• Channel Islands National Park

• Glacier Bay National Park

These forests grow throughout Biscayne, the Everglades, and Dry Tortugas

• Mangrove Trees

• Eucalyptus Trees

• Gum Trees

• Bamboo Trees

• Weeping Willow Trees

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Fossilized coral reefs off the coast of Florida are known as

• Biscayne Bay

• Florida Keys

• Dry Tortugas

• Mangrove forest

• Archipelagos

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The Florida Keys runs this far...

• 2 miles

• 21 miles

• 221 miles

• 22 miles

• 200 miles

The Florida Keys are in this body of water

• Biscayne Bay

• Gulf of Mexico

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Florida Bay

The Florida Keys are best described as...

• A chain of tropical islands
• A dense mangrove forest

• A group of uninhabited islands

• A tropical rainforest

• Marshes and wetlands

What prevents erosion in the Florida Keys?

• sand dunes
• mangrove trees
• coral reefs
• rock formations
• alligators

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This endangered species lives in Biscayne

• Schaus's Swallowtail Butterfly

• American Alligator

• Loggerhead Turtle

• Parrotfish

• Queen Angelfish

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Schaus's Swallowtail Butterfly can be recognized by

• Purple markings on yellow wings

• Yellow markings on dark wings

• Orange markings on dark wings

• Dark markings on yellow wings

• Blue markings on yellow wings